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Bill· HRH.R. 5377 (98th)open

United States-Israel Free Trade Area Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1984

Authorizes the President to: (1) enter into a trade agreement with Israel providing for the continuance of existing duty-free treatment of and the elimination of existing duties and other import restrictions on products of Israel; and (2) proclaim such continuances and modifications of tariff treatment of and import restrictions on such articles as necessary to carry out the trade agreement.

Law· HRH.R. 5298 (98th)enacted

White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1984

White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act - Calls upon the President to conduct a National White House Conference on Small Business, not earlier than January 1, 1985, and not later than September 1, 1986, to: (1) increase public awareness of the contributions of small business; (2) identify small business problems; (3) examine the status of minority and women small business owners; (4) assist small business in carrying out its role as the nation's job creator; (5) develop specific recommendations for executive and legislative action; and (6) review the status of recommendations adopted at the Conference. Authorizes and directs Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to provide support and assistance to the planning of such conference. Requires a final report of the Conference, within six months from the date such conference is convened, to be submitted to the President and the Congress. Requires the Small Business Administration to report annually to the Congress for the next three years following the submission of the final report of the Conference. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 501 (98th)referred

A joint resolution to provide for the awarding of a gold medal to Elie Wiesel in recognition of his humanitarian efforts and outstanding contributions to world literature and human rights.

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1984

Authorizes the President, on behalf of Congress, to present to Elie Wiesel a gold medal in recognition of his humanitarian efforts and outstanding contributions to world literature and human rights. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the public sale of bronze duplicates of such medal.

Bill· HRH.R. 4873 (98th)referred

International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984

International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1984 - Title I: Military Sales and Related Programs - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 for the foreign military sales credit and guarantee program. Sets the ceiling for FY 1985 for foreign military sales credits. Earmarks a specified amount of such FY 1985 credits for Israel. Releases Israel from repaying such amount. Adds South Korea, the Philippines, and Portugal to the list of countries that shall have 20 years, following a grace period of ten years, to repay foreign military sales credits or guarantees. Earmarks a specified amount of the FY 1985 foreign military sales credits for Egypt. Releases Egypt from repaying such amount. Authorizes the President to charge all eligible entities the additional costs that are incurred when providing defense training. (Current law provides that countries concurrently receiving international military education and training assistance are not charged the full cost of such training.) Repeals the provision authorizing the President to enter into specified standardization agreements. Requires charges for administrative services for foreign military sales to be calculated on an average percentage basis to recover the full estimated costs (excluding a pro rata share of fixed base operation costs.) Authorizes the President to provide on a reciprocal basis free cataloging data and cataloging services to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or to any member government of the Organization. Authorizes the President to determine the conditions for financing defense procurement by friendly countries and international organizations. Directs the President to charge interest at a rate determined by the President. Requires repayment within 12 years after the loan agreement is signed on behalf of the United States. Requires the President to report to Congress by April 1 of each year, an estimate of the sale and delivery of weapons and weapons- related defense equipment by all major arms suppliers to all major recipient countries in the developing world during the preceding calendar year. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 to maintain adequate reserves in the Guaranty Reserve Fund against defaults and rescheduling of outstanding foreign military loan guarantees. Increases the criminal and civil penalties for violations of arms export and import restrictions. Provides that charges for administrative services for foreign military sales shall include charges for official reception and representation expenses. Limits the amount of official reception and representation expenses. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1985 for military assistance. Authorizes the President to waive the requirement that a country pay the net proceeds of the sale of military equipment that the United States had provided such country if the President determines that such a waiver is in the national interest of the United States. Increases the ceiling on the value of additions to military stockpiles in foreign countries for FY 1985. Authorizes Pakistan, Tunisia, Yemen, Lebanon, Sudan, El Salvador, Honduras, and Venezuela to have more than six members of the U.S. armed forces to carry out international security assistance programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for international military education and training. Authorizes the President to authorize foreign military personnel to attend professional military education institutions in the United States for free if the governments of such foreign military personnel and the United States have an agreement that provides reciprocal benefits for U.S. military personnel. Encourages the President to allocate a portion of the international military education and training funds for education and training in certain maritime skills. Permits using foreign assistance funds to assist in maritime law enforcement in foreign countries. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for peacekeeping operations. Authorizes the President, in the event of an unforseen emergency that requires immediate assistance, to direct the drawdown of a certain amount of commodities and services from the inventory and resources of any U.S. agency. Authorizes appropriations for such emergency drawdown. Requires the President to notify Congress before taking such action. Title II: Economic Support Fund - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the Economic Support Fund. Allocates a specified amount of such funds for emergency assistance. Title III: Development Assistance - Sets forth additional development assistance policy guidelines. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) agriculture, rural development, and nutrition; (2) population planning and health programs; (3) education and human resources development; (4) energy; private voluntary organizations, and selected development activities; (5) the private sector revolving fund; and (6) the Sahel development program. Permits the United States to continue to support programs of private and voluntary organizations despite prohibitions on assistance to certain countries if such programs are already being supported prior to the date on which it is determined such prohibition becomes applicable. Declares that Congress recognizes that shelter, including essential urban development services, is among the most fundamental of human needs. Authorizes the President to issue guarantees to the Federal Financing Bank in connection with loans made for shelter projects. Increases the ceiling on outstanding housing loan guarantees. Authorizes commitments to guarantee such loans for any fiscal year only to the extent or in the amounts provided in appropriation Acts. Authorizes such loan guarantees through FY 1986. Requires the appropriate agency to obtain the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury before issuing any such loan guarantees. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the guarantees will have the minimum possible impact on U.S. capital markets. Limits commitments to guarantee loans for agricultural and productive credit and self-help community development programs to the extent provided in appropriation Acts. Authorizes such loan guarantees through FY 1985. Increases the amount which the President is authorized to spend to help disadvantaged children in Asia. Title IV: Economic Policy Initiative for Africa - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 to promote growth-oriented policy reforms in sub-Saharan Africa. Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) American schools and hospitals abroad; (2) international organizations and programs; (3) international narcotics control; (4) international disaster assistance; and (5) antiterrorism assistance. Requires the President to transmit to the Congress a quarterly report summarizing the major financial activities undertaken pursuant to the international narcotics control program. Increases the ceiling on cost estimates for certain development and assistance programs. Requires that plans for such projects shall include a cost-benefit analysis made in accordance with specified standards. Removes the People's Republic of China and Tibet from the list of communist countries which are prohibited from receiving foreign assistance funds. Imposes certain notification requirements for program changes of funds appropriated to carry out the Arms Export Control Act. Imposes such notification requirements on changes in development assistance programs only if the obligation will exceed the amount justified by more than ten percent. Provides that the notification requirement does not apply to the reprogramming of less than $25,000 for international narcotics control or for international military education and training for certain countries. Requires the President to notify Congress, within 30 days of enactment of a law appropriating funds to carry out the Arms Export Control Act, of each foreign country and international organization that will be receiving funds pursuant to such law. Eliminates the ceiling on the amount of funds that may be used to construct living quarters, office space, and supporting facilities for U.S. personnel posted outside the United States. Eliminates the ceiling on the amount of funds authorized for aid to schools for dependents of U.S. personnel posted abroad. Prohibits requiring that an earmark be applied to funds appropriated, or an authority made available, to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act in excess of the lesser of: (1) the amount of the earmark; or (2) a specified portion of the total funds appropriated or authority made available. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for: (1) the trade and development program; and (2) operating expenses of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance. Authorizes using funds made available under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist in halting significant illegal emigration from Haiti to the United States. Repeals certain obsolete provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Repeals the provision prohibiting disbursements of certain development assistance grants for 36 months. Repeals the requirement that the President transmit to Congress a semiannual report listing all voluntary contributions by the United States to international organizations. Title VI: Amendments to Other Acts - Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to make mandatory retirement based on relative performance applicable to all tenured members of the Foreign Service. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit withholding of amounts of scholarships or fellowship grants or per diems for subsistence paid by the U.S. Government to a nonresident alien who is engaged in a training program in the United States under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Title VII: Fiscal Year 1984 Supplemental Authorization - Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1984 for payment to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Imposes a ceiling for FY 1984 on the value of additions to stockpiles of defense articles in foreign countries. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to add South Korea to the list of countries authorized for FY 1984 to repay guaranteed foreign military loans in 20 years following a ten year grace period. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance to borrow money from the Treasury to meet obligations incurred from housing loan guarantees. Title VIII: Fiscal Year 1986 Authorizations and Effective Dates - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1986 to carry out programs for which appropriations for FY 1985 are authorized by this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4874 (98th)referred

Central America Democracy, Peace, and Development Initiative Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984

Central America Democracy, Peace, and Development Initiative Act of 1984 - Title I: Statement of Policy - Declares that U.S. policy toward Central America should be consistent and coherent and should include a long term commitment of both economic and military assistance. Sets forth the goals such policy should support. Title II: Economic and Human Development - Sets forth guiding principles for furnishing assistance to Central America. Declares that Central America needs: (1) agricultural development aid; (2) education assistance; (3) assistance for health and population needs; (4) housing and infrastructure assistance or guarantees; (5) assistance for economic stabilization programs; and (6) humanitarian relief and rehabilitation assistance for refugees and displaced persons. Declares that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation should make every effort to support projects in the region. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for Central American countries for: (1) agricultural research; (2) population planning and health programs; (3) education and human resources development; (4) energy resources development; and (5) operating expenses of the agency primarily responsible for administering international development programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 for the housing guaranty revolving fund. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 to carry out: (1) Economic Support Fund activities for Central American countries; (2) the purposes of the Peace Corps Act for Central American countries; and (3) for the activities of U.S. Information Agency in Central American countries. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1985 for migration and refugee assistance. Authorizes additional loan principal for the housing guaranty program of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for Central American countries for FY 1985. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish assistance to countries and organizations in order to strengthen the administration of justice in Central American and Caribbean countries. Requires that a specified minimum amount of money shall be available for such purpose. Earmarks some of the Economic Support Fund authorization for payments by the Agency for International Development to discharge guarantees of liabilities incurred by the Export-Import Bank: (1) covering risks of loss or nonpayment under short-term trade credits for the purpose of financing goods and services for the use of the private sector in Central American countries; and (2) which do not offer reasonable assurances of repayment. Requires that the short-term credits be repayable within one year. Requires that amounts appropriated under this authority shall not be used to discharge guarantees that are approved after September 30, 1989. Limits the amount to be provided for such guarantees in FY 1985. Permits foreign assistance funds to be used by a foreign government to compensate nationals of that country in accordance with a land reform program if the President determines that monetary assistance for such land reform program will further U.S. interests. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should enter into negotiations with those countries receiving assistance authorized by this Act in order to establish a Central American Development Organization; and (2) the establishment of the Central American Development Organization should be based upon specified principles. Authorizes the President to participate in the Central American Development Organization. Requires the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering the development assistance provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act to be chairman of the Central American Development Organization. Authorizes additional nonmilitary assistance for Central American countries for each of FY 1986 through 1989. Authorizes additional amounts for loan principal for housing guarantees for Central American countries for each of FY 1986 through 1989. Authorizes additional amounts for housing guarantees or insurance for Central American countries for FY 1986. Title III: Military Assistance, Sales, and Related Programs - Sets forth the principles upon which the Congress believes the restoration of peace and stability in Central America must be based. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1984 and 1985 for military assistance for Central American countries. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1985 for military education and training and for foreign military sales financing for Central American countries. Requires the President to submit a report to Congress semiannually beginning on July 31, 1984, describing the policies of El Salvador for achieving political development, economic development, conditions of security, and other goals. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Defines Central American countries to include Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and regional programs which benefit such countries. Authorizes the transfer of specified funds when the President determines it is necessary.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 260 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should allow Igor Ogurtsov to be released from internal exile and allowed to emigrate to the West without renouncing his views.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1984

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) continue to express U.S. opposition to the exile of Igor Ogurtsov; and (2) urge the Soviet Union to provide Igor Ogurtsov with medical care, grant his release from exile, and accept his application for an exit visa and allow him to emigrate without forcing him to renounce his views (in accordance with a specified international treaty).

Law· HRH.R. 4835 (98th)enacted

A bill to authorize funding for the Clement J. Zablocki Memorial Outpatient Facility at the American Children's Hospital in Krakow, Poland.

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1984

Requires that such amounts as may be necessary of the Polish currencies held by the United States shall be available for construction of a new facility at the American Children's Hospital in Krakow, Poland, which would be known as the Clement J. Zablocki Outpatient Facility. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) equipping and furnishing such Facility; (2) improving medical equipment at the American Children's Hospital in Krakow; and (3) providing medical supplies to Poland through private and voluntary agencies.

Bill· HRH.R. 4721 (98th)open

Housing Finance Opportunity Act of 1984

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1984

Housing Finance Opportunity Act of 1984 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for five years, until December 31, 1988, the period during which mortgage revenue bonds may be issued as tax-exempt bonds (interest excluded from gross income).

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 435 (98th)open

A joint resolution to formally renounce the 1945 Yalta agreement.

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Expresses the United States' solidarity with the aspirations of the peoples of the Baltic States and Eastern Europe by renouncing the 1945 Yalta agreement. Declares that such agreement should no longer be recognized or binding.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 237 (98th)open

A concurrent resolution declaring the support of the United States for the people of Afghanistan in their struggle to be free of foreign domination.

United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1983

Declares that it should be U.S. policy to: (1) support the people of Afghanistan in their struggle to be free from foreign domination; (2) provide the Afghans, upon request, with material assistance; and (3) pursue a negotiated settlement of the war in Afghanistan based on the total withdrawal of Soviet troops and the recognition of the right of the Afghans to choose their own destiny.

Bill· HRH.R. 4459 (98th)open

Commission on the Ukraine Famine Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1983

Commission on the Ukraine Famine Act - Establishes a Commission to be known as the Commission on the Ukraine Famine which shall study the 1932-1933 Ukraine famine in order to: (1) expand the world's knowledge of the famine; and (2) provide the American public with a better understanding of the Soviet system. Authorizes appropriations.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 225 (98th)open

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the United States delegation to the United Nations to introduce a resolution in the General Assembly calling for the immediate withdrawal of all Syrian and Syrian controlled forces from Lebanon.

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. delegation to the United Nations to introduce before the U.N. General Assembly a resolution calling for the withdrawal of Syrian and Syrian-controlled forces from Lebanon in order to facilitate the return of peace to the country.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 222 (98th)open

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that military assistance for the Government of Turkey should be suspended until that nation has taken all necessary and appropriate steps to secure the reversal of the illegal action declaring the independent Turkish Republic of North Cyprus and to promote the full political and economic unity of the Republic of Cyprus.

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1983

Expresses the sense of the Congress that military assistance to Turkey should be suspended until Turkey has taken steps to reverse the action declaring the independent Turkish Republic of North Cyprus and to promote the unity of the Republic of Cyprus.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 212 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union should be the host country for the United Nations every other year.

United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1983

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union should: (1) be the host country for the United Nations during alternate years; and (2) be assessed the same percentage of the U.N. budget as the United States is assessed, with the U.S. contribution being reduced accordingly, in those years in which the Soviet Union hosts the United Nations.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 207 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing sympathy and condolence on the tragic killing of Koreans in Burma.

United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1983

States that the Congress: (1) expresses its condolences to the families of the Koreans who were killed in Burma; (2) reaffirms the friendship between the people of the United States and Korea; and (3) condemns such killings and calls upon the international community to combat terrorism and punish the perpetrators of such acts.

Bill· HRH.R. 4175 (98th)referred

Motor Vehicle Passenger Safety Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1983

Motor Vehicle Passenger Safety Act - Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to add provisions on the promotion and use of safety belt systems. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to States for the development and implementation of: (1) State-educational programs promoting the use and associated benefits of safety belt systems; and (2) State laws and regulations requiring the use of safety belt systems for passenger motor vehicles. Sets forth the allocation formula and terms and conditions for such grants. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a program to utilize public and private resources as a free public service in promoting the use and benefits of safety belt systems. Requires chief executive officers of Federal agencies to promote the use of such systems within their agencies and report annually to the Secretary on such activities. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress by December 31, of each year on the grant program for the previous fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 through FY 1996 for such program. Directs the President to promulgate regulations requiring: (1) Federal motor vehicles to be equipped with safety belt systems; (2) passengers in such vehicles to use the systems; and (3) the use of such systems while operating in Federal areas. Provides a civil penalty for violation of such regulations. Requires the President to report annually to Congress on the enforcement of such regulations. Prohibits any person from rendering inoperable any safety belt system installed in a motor vehicle in compliance with Federal standards, unless such vehicle will not be used during such time of inoperation.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 382 (98th)referred

A joint resolution to establish a bipartisan National Commission on Federal Budget Deficit Reductions.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983

Establishes the National Commission on Federal Budget Deficit Reductions to review all relevant elements of fiscal and monetary policy, identify problems which may hinder the control and reduction of Federal budget deficits, and analyze all potential options which would result in deficit reductions and place the Government on a sound financial basis. Requires the Commission to transmit a report to the President and Congress not later than February 15, 1984, or the close of the 90th day beginning after the date of enactment of this resolution. Requires such report to contain a detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the Commission, together with its recommendations for such legislation and administrative actions as it considers appropriate. Terminates the Commission 30 days after it submits its report.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 334 (98th)open

A resolution urging the President to give priority attention, in forthcoming discussions with Japanese government leaders, to current imbalances in the yen-dollar relationship having an adverse impact on United States goods and services in interstate and foreign commerce.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1983

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the President should give priority attention, in discussions with the Japanese, to the realignment of the yen-dollar exchange rates and to achieving greater equilibrium in the flow of goods, services, and investments between the two countries; and (2) measures to achieve such equilibrium should include mechanisms for close consultations and policy coordination in order to maintain acceptable fluctuations in the value of the yen, reduce disparities in the interest-rate levels, and allow equivalent access of foreign investors to domestic capital markets.